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Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, Contents. (search)
of the Diseased Horse, 302. Visit to William Penn's Grave, 309. The Storm at Sea. Profane Language rebuked, 312. The Clergyman and his Books, 313. His Book-store in New-York, 313. The Mob in Pearl-Street, 315. Judge Chinn's Slave, 316. One of his sons mobbed at the South, 319. His Letter to the Mayor of Savannah, 327. His Phrenological Character, 335. His Unconsciousness of Distinctions in Society, 339. The Darg Case, 340. Letter from Dr. Moore, 356. Mrs. Burke's Slave, 357. Becomes Agent in the Anti-Slavery Office, 363. His youthful appearance, 363, 491. Anecdotes showing his love of Fun, 364 to 374. His sense of Justice, 374. His Remarkable Memory, 375. His Costume and Personal Habits, 378 to 380. His Library, 380. His Theology, 381. His Adherence to Quaker Usages, 382. Capital Punishment, 383. Rights of Women, 384. Expressions of gratitude from Colored People, 95, 384, 385, 476. His fund of Anecdotes and
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, The two young offenders. (search)
ent occurred, which excited similar exultation among New-York editors, that a human being had been so wise as to prefer slavery to freedom; and there was about as much cause for such exultation as there had been in the case of Thomas Hughes. Mrs. Burke of New-Orleans went to New-York to visit a relative by the name of Morgan. She brought a slave to attend upon her, and took great care to prevent her becoming acquainted with the colored people. I don't know how city editors would account forage, that they would emigrate to the South in larger numbers than would supply the slavemar-kets, and thus occasion some depression in an honorable branch of trade in this republic. However they might please to explain it, the simple fact was, Mrs. Burke did not allow her slave to go into the street. Of course, she must have had some other motive than the idea that freedom could be attractive to her. The colored people became aware of the careful constraint imposed upon the woman, and they inf